Re: [GNC] Proposed: "Realized Gain/Loss" transactions considered harmful

2021-05-25 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Peter, I'll step in to say that you're certainly welcome to create your own practices for your own books. I personally like to see that the sell transaction in the stock account matches what my brokerage indicates, and in my experience, that means a sale at the actual price and entries that ac

Re: [GNC] Proposed: "Realized Gain/Loss" transactions considered harmful

2021-05-25 Thread peterb
On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:38 AM Geoff wrote: > I personally found the current process quite confusing for a long long > time until one day it finally "clicked" and now I am used to using the > Lots functionality for tracking capital gains & losses. > Hi, Geoff! I'm in the same boat. I'm used to

Re: [GNC] Proposed: "Realized Gain/Loss" transactions considered harmful

2021-05-25 Thread Geoff
Hi Peter First, thanks for taking the time and effort to kick off this discussion with your suggestion. I personally found the current process quite confusing for a long long time until one day it finally "clicked" and now I am used to using the Lots functionality for tracking capital gains